98 NYCTONOMUS. 
1. Nycronomus pLicatus, Buchanan-Hamilton, sp. (1800). 
Plicated Bat. 
Ears united by a low band in front, evenly and broadly rounded 
off above. Tragus very small and quadrate, the upper margin 
slightly concave. Upper lip very thick, deeply grooved by vertical 
wrinkles. No gular sac. Wing-membrane from the lower end 
of the tibia. Fur very soft and dense ; above bluish- or smoky- 
black, below paler. 
Dimensions.—Head and body about two and three-fourths 
inches; tail about one and three-fourths inch ; forearm nearly 
two inches. 
Habitat.—South Australia; Tasmania; Malay Peninsula; Java; 
Sumatra; Borneo; Philippine Islands; India. 
References.-—Dobson, B.M. Catal. Chiropt p. 425 ; Leche, Proc. 
Zool. Soc. 1884, p. 51. 
2. NYcTONOMUS AUSTRALIS, Gray, sp. (1838). 
White-striped Bat. 
Ears large, their inner margins not united, but rising close 
together from distinct points of origin. Integument of the ear- 
conch rather thin. Tragus short and broad, the outer margin 
distinctly concave mesially. Upper lip with short vertical wrinkles. 
A large gular sac with outwardly projecting hairs in the male, 
and but little developed in the female. Wing-membrane from 
the distal third of the tibia. Fur moderately long and dense ; 
above dark reddish-brown, below paler ; in the male the fur cover- 
ing the wing-membrane beneath the humerus and femur, from the 
sides of the body outwards is pure white; in the female white 
largely mixed with brown. 
Dimensions. —Head and body about three inches; tail about 
one and three-fourths inch ; forearm about two and a third inches. 
Habitat.—Australia ; New Guinea. 
References.—Dobson, B.M. Catal. Chiropt. p. 433, pl. xxii. fig. 
9 (head); Gould, Mamm. Austr. iii. pl. xxxi. 
3. Nycronomus ALBipus, Leche, (1884). 
Leche’s White-striped Bat. 
Differs from WV. australis in the following particulars: Lars 
much longer than the head, and united by a low band. Integu- 
ment of ear-conch thick and opaque. The gular sac and the white 
band of fur along the inner margin of the wing beneath fully 
developed in the female. 
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